Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a beautiful old lens and the quality is surprising! Tina On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Exchanges with Moose, on the OM list, about older lenses, and his recent > studies in colors, led me to try a couple of experiments this morning. I > mounted my Ross London No. 6 Symetrical 8-inch f/16 lens, from about 1890, > on an E-510, and put the combination on a tripod. > > Aiming the camera at the Buddlei bush from quite a distance, I saw > butterfly activity. Snapping several exposures, I got a lucky hit. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/No_6Symetrical+ > Butterflies.TIFF.html > > I also tried an out-of-focus view of a neighbor's red roof and some > foliage. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P8315413-1.tif.html > > Here is the lens > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html > > Here is the mount, shown with the E-1 > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html